THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MARCH 31, 2023 Page 15 Excellence in The Eps EHS Percussion Ensemble wins 2023 Regional Championship! C ongratulations to the Crimson Tide Percussion Ensemble for its stunning victory at the highly competitive 2023 Winter Guard International (WGI) Monroe Township Regional in New Jersey. The Crimson Tide will next compete in the WGI Percussion World Championships from April 20-22 in Dayton, Ohio. This was a monumental achievement by Everett High’s musicians. In earning their first WGI regional championship since 2012, the Tide recorded an impressive score of 89.275. The Ensemble jumped from third place after one round to the top spot after their sterling second-round performance. In the process, they bested some of the top percussion ensembles on the East Coast, including several schools that regularly vie for national titles. EHS was also honored as the sole recipient of the Marine Corps “Esprit de Corps” award, which was presented to the “Best In Show” of the 42 competing groups. EHS students recognized by NCWIT Everett High’s championship Percussion Ensemble is shown competing during the Monroe Township Regional earlier this month. Literacy and the Lafayette National Center for Women & Information Technology 2023 Aspirations Award winners Samantha Trinh, Sophia Colangeli and Nate O’Sullivan Baez are pictured with teacher Neil Plotnick. All are members of the Advanced Cybersecurity class. T he Lafayette School Student Council hosted a book drive in which students had the chance to donate books to their classmates. During the week of March 20, each student went home with two new books! Pictured above is Brooke McCarthy’s fourth-grade class, which collected an incredible 600 books for the successful effort. Shipping news Everett High School students studying Cybersecurity enjoyed a virtual presentation led by an Amazon software engineer. Amazon professionals have made remote presentations to the class on three different occasions in March, providing the students with informative and engaging information about the burgeoning cybersecurity profession. Celebrating celery! Thanks to EPS partners with the Whitsons Culinary Group for hosting a Nutrition Safari at the Webster School. The featured ingredient was celery, the Harvest of the Month for March. Students sampled celery Everett High School students Samantha Trinh, Sophia Colangeli and Nate O’Sullivan Baez have been honored with 2023 National NCWIT Awards for Aspirations in Computing (AiC). The award – powered by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) – recognizes high school women, genderqueer and nonbinary students for their computing-related achievements and interests, as part of an effort to encourage a diverse range of students to choose careers in technology. The three students are enrolled in Neil Plotnick’s Advanced Cybersecurity class. “This award and organization are completely aligned with our mission and core values,” said Superintendent Priya Tahiliani. “It is a great honor for our students and a great source of pride for the district to be so heavily involved with the National Center for Women & Information Technology.” This year 400 students were selected from high schools Whitsons Culinary Group Chef Manager Raymon Lebron and Whitsons Culinary Group General Manager Alyssa Charles. across the country for their outstanding aptitude and aspirations in technology and computing as demonstrated by their computing experience, computing-related activities, leadership experience, tenacity in the face of barriers to access, and plans for post-secondary education. In addition to national recognition and prizes, recipients receive induction into the AiC Community of more than 22,000 women, genderqueer or nonbinary technologists; access to resources, scholarships and internship opportunities; and more. “Encouraging all students’ interest in technology careers “critters” filled with their choice of sun-but - ter, hummus or cream cheese, and topped with fruits, vegetables and pretzels. They were given coloring pages featuring Whitsons Nutrition Safari characters and were treated to a color-changing celery science experiment! Everyone got pencils or stickers, and a few students won “lucky tray day” prizes. is critical: our workforce needs their creativity and unique perspectives to produce technology that is as broad and innovative as the population it serves,” said NCWIT CEO and Co-founder Lucy Sanders. NCWIT is a network of change leaders focused on advancing innovation by correcting underrepresentation in computing. NCWIT works with more than 1,500 organizations nationwide to increase the influential and meaningful participation of girls and women in the field of computing, particularly in terms of innovation and development.
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